How To Install LightZone 4 On Ubuntu And Linux Mint Via Official Repository

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LightZone is a free image editing program, similar to DarkTable, and a good alternative for Adobe Lightroom, which is proprietary software. It has support for the most popular image formats, RAW included and may be a good choice.

In this article I will show you how to install LightZone 4 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia and Linux Mint 13 Maya, from the LightZone official repository.

I have previously written this article with instructions on how to install LightZone 4.0 via PPA, but if you are a paranoid geek and do not trust LaunchPad PPAs, use the following instructions: